Catching up on our 1st year anniversary special with Ben Lesser.
Ben Lesser, Founder of ZACHOR Holocaust Remembrance Foundation.
Ben was born in Krakow Poland in 1928. Out of their seven family members, only he and his older sister has survived. The rest of his immediate family as well as his extended family who numbered in the hundreds were all slaughtered by the Nazi’s in their willing collaborators.
It was a five-year living hell on Earth, but Ben and his sister Lola were very lucky to survive several Ghetto’s and concentration camps, including the notorious Auschwitz, Buchenwald, he was liberated in Dachau.
Ben arrived in the US in 1947 and settled in Los Angeles where he met and wife and had their own family. He also became a Realtor and had two successful Real Estate offices, Ben Lesser & Associates. He is past president of the Los Angeles Westside Beverly Hills Brokers Association.
Ben said that he has dedicated his present life to the pursuit of preserving the memory (ZACHOR) in order to prevent the world from contracting AMNESIA.
Ben shared about:
- The holocaust.
- His time in the concentration camps.
- His life afterward.